Nelson’s first-ever Special Olympics all-women basketball team is due to travel to a regional event in June. Twenty-two players will attend, with two mixed teams joining the women’s team. They have been helped on their way by the generosity of local sponsors, who have contributed $8,500 toward the trip for the teams heading to Greymouth. Craig Hamilton handed a cheque to teammates Suzanne Mohekey and Irene Marsters, and coach Wayne Bowen
“It’s exciting for the teams to be heading to Greymouth, and that the Nelson Giants have invited the Special Olympics team to play during half- time at the Giants game against the Manawatu Jets on 3rd of June,” says coach Wayne Bowen. The event in Greymouth is a build-up for the nationals where some of the women may then be chosen for the mixed basketball team.